Primary Details

At QBE our purpose is toenable a more resilient future.

Are you passionate about working for one of the worlds largest insurers that offers excellent opportunities to grow your career and with offices in 28 countries

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights QBE offers commercial personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks. Today we employ more than 13 000 people around the world.

QBE Europe SA/NV is headquartered in Brussel and while we are international in our outlook we are also proudly local in our operations. QBEs European Operations which accounts for over 27 of QBE Group turnover is a leading specialist in London market and European commercial lines business. Active in both the Lloyds and company market QBE offers considerable diversity to the broking community. We are a socially responsible company and give our customers the ability to invest a portion of their premiums in environmentally and socially beneficial projects.

With our comprehensive product offering and underwriting expertise we can cover a wide range of business risks helping our clients to identify them and minimise their exposure.

The opportunity

As part of some changes to our European underwriting operating model we are creating a new position as Technical & Business Performance Manager Europe. The position can be based in any of our European offices or London. This is an exciting opportunity to play an active role in shaping and supporting the strategy development of our European Branch.

In this role you will support the Underwriting Director and the Product team in managing the underwriting strategy claims and reinsurance activities to achieve business plan objectives within a compliant framework. With coverage across Europe across multiple lines (Property Casualty Financial Lines Cyber Marine Sustainable Energy and Construction) this is an exciting role to join a successful and experienced team of Underwriters.

Your new role

In conjunction with the Underwriting Director produce and ensure delivery of the annual business plan for the portfolio(s) monitor and report on progress identify deviations recommend remedial action and implement it to achieve business objectives. This role involves overseeing consistent business performance monitoring reporting and KPI management to drive operational excellence and success.

Strategy and Projects

• Deliver key projects to enhance the European Underwriting Framework
• Be part of the Modernisation journey ensuring sustainability in the future
• Provide & be the Underwriting voice in several Underwriting Projects such as Wordings new Product Development and governance requirements.
• Participate in key country projects that impact Underwriting.

Performance monitoring and Business plan

• Initiate analyse and deliver on new ideas and concepts to support the development and delivery of the business plan

• Manage the performance monitoring of the account including retention and acquisition in line with the business plan
• Develop pipeline monitoring
• Consolidate the Claims and reserving positions. Actively monitor claims activity and contribute to claims reserve reviews ensuring correct methodology is followed and liaison with internal stakeholders
• Review and recommend action from reports that: Regularly monitor the performance of the portfolio gross and net of reinsurance Monitor performance against the business plan Comply with exception reporting criteria as require
• Manage records of underwriting risks and aggregate exposures to ensure accuracy of data and effective risk management
• Manage the effective purchase of facultative reinsurance.
• Ensure account: Complies with legal and regulatory requirements Complies with internal support function requirements i.e. Actuarial Compliance and Claims Enables management of insurance risks Manage the application and ensure teams awareness of the reinsurance requirements to minimize risk and to deliver business plan objectives

People

• Support the Director & Products organize develop and manage the team to ensure that the right people are secured trained managed developed and motivated to achieve business needs
• Produce training and guidance materials which support the account and embed compliance and best practice
• Create and manage appropriate risk management tools in conjunction with the risk solutions team

About you

• Financial and business experience
• Seniorlevel contribution to financial services management
• Ability to operate across functions and numerous locations/territories
• Ability to manage competing and changing priorities showing adaptability in a dynamic environment
• Team player resultsdriven and can do attitude
• Written and oral communication with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels of the organisation
• English working proficiency

Why QBE At My Best

At QBE we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best thats why we have created At My Best. Its our connection our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesnt fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. Its in the culture of our business our QBE DNA to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

Were an international insurer thats building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict whats around the corner but at QBE were asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation more than more than 13000 people working across 27 countries were big enough to make a real impact but small enough to provide a friendly workplace where people are downtoearth passionate and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE visit our careers website.

At My Best QBE Benefits

You are more than your work and QBE is more than a workplace which is why we provide you with the benefits support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.

QBE Awards

Some of the awards QBE are proud to have won been a finalist for and shortlisted for include;

AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year

Insurance Business UK 5Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5Star Cyber Insurer

UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year

Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5Star Employee

You can view all our awards here

Inclusion of Diversity

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter the UN Womens Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page

Accessibility

Here at QBE we are promoting an accessible workplace for all which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

ESG & Sustainability

At QBE we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a netzero economy enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce and partnering for growth through innovative sustainable and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBEs sustainability targets including our netzero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets and our awardwinning impact investment initiative Premiums4Good please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report

What nextIf you have a passion to contribute to QBEs vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community we encourage you to apply! Simply click the apply button to submit your CV and other relevant documents and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.

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